The Filan Cabinet
An interview podcast where I, Daniel Filan, interview guests about topics I'm interested in, with the aim of clarifying how the guest understands that topic.
Episode 4 - Peter Jaworski on paid plasma donation
In this episode, Peter Jaworski talks about the practice of paid plasma donation, whether it’s ethical to allow it, and his work to advocate for it to be legalized in more jurisdictions. He answers questions such as:
- Which country used to run clinics in a former colony to pay their former colonial subjects for their plasma?
- Why can’t we just synthesize what we need out of plasma?
- What percentage of US exports by dollar value does plasma account for?
- If I want to gather plasma, is it cheaper to pay donors, or not pay them?
- Is legal paid plasma donation one step towards a dystopia?
His website on donation ethics
His white paper, Bloody Well Pay Them
The second edition of his book with Jason Brennan, Markets without Limits